I usually single hand my TI. I may sail from the rear seat if the waves are really choppy, shifting my weight rearward helps the bow from submarining. However, if the waves are not too bad I sail from the forward seat. I also have set up the mainsheet to the 3:1 rigging. The most negative thing about helming from the rear seat is that I have to lean over the front seat to manipulate the center board lever. There is no way to control the board from the rear seat.

it takes me two hands, but then again i've never tried to do it with just a single hand.

haha I do it all the time, I'm called onehand for good reason

Gil

This may sound dumb, this is the third time I have read about tying the main sheet line to the furling line. Is this really an option? I have a AI, not a TI if that matters. I have recently put a new furling line on my yak, 32" longer so I don't have to reach over the mirage drive to grab the furling line.

mine looks the same on my TI; furling line and other rear seat sail line are tied together with the same knot. i used to take it out whenever someone sat in the front, but now i just leave it in. its easier for me to do from the rear than to bark orders at the person sitting in front of me

I think everyone, who has some experience, ties their main sheet & furling lines together. KB is always the epitome of efficiency. I tie a permanent knot in the end of the main sheet, and then tie the furling line to the main w/ a slip knot.

Keith

_________________2015 AI 2, 2014 Tandem

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